Go version

go version go1.22.1 linux/amd64

Output of go env in your module/workspace:

N/A

What did you do?

Run go version -m on a non-Go executable, and then test the exit code of the go command. My use case is writing a script that detects whether a file is a Go executable or not, and only runs certain logic if so.

$ go version -m /bin/sh
$ echo $?

What did you see happen?

I saw a zero exit code, indicating success:

$ go version -m /bin/sh
/bin/sh: could not read Go build info from /bin/sh: not a Go executable
$ echo $?
0

What did you expect to see?

Since go version -m encountered an error, I expected to see a non-zero exit code, e.g.:

$ go version -m /bin/sh
/bin/sh: could not read Go build info from /bin/sh: not a Go executable
$ echo $?
1